Air-powered Wolverine claws are the coolest thing you can’t make yourself

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There are so many things in the superhero world that look like they would be incredibly cool in real life, but as Joss Whedon would say, we haven’t invented the science for it yet. Sure, we can strap fake Arc Reactors with pretty lights and sounds to our chests and shoot silly string from our Spider-Man wrist wraps, but it’s not enough like the real thing to matter. If you want to go Wolverine, the best you can get is a set of incredibly sexy forged blades that don’t move. Professional crazy person Colin Furze decided to tackle the world’s lack of functional Wolverine claws.

Using three 12-inch blades (each are two millimeters thick) in a special chamber that stores them parallel in order to more realistically spread out when deployed, Colin was able to manufacture a delivery and retraction system that made it look like he had actual Wolverine claws. Since they are attached to his forearm, he’s even able to swing them around a bit and actually cut things as he strikes them. The backpack he’s wearing contains the air tanks necessary to propel the blades into formation, with a switch at each hand that sends the command to fire. This means his claw deployment is accompanied by an interesting air pressure noise. When he lets his hand off the trigger, the claws retract with a similarly pleasing metal grinding.

Apparently, Colin is not finished with his X-Men project. He’s going to try some more with additional mutant powers later on, but hasn’t yet explained which he’s going for. If the end results are anything like what we’ve seen here, there’s a good chance that we’ll all be back for more soon.